and south eastern europe. and moscow insists it has reduced its true presence near ukraine while continuing to deny it has any plans to invade its neighbour. let's go live to nice banker who is in brussels for us at nato headquarters falling that nato defense ministers meeting. tell us 1st about this, these battle grove said to nato secretary general has said the alliances, considering ascending to eastern europe. really. yeah, well, this is a response to, of course, the largest build up of forces in eastern europe since the cold war. and as a result of that, a sultan burg said that the alliance needs to reconfigure to face these new challenges in the years to come. and sir, talk about setting up a new battle group in romania. they're already around for battle groups, sir. in the baltic states in sonya latvia, lithuania and in poland as well. around 7000 troops, u. s. troops and nato troops. in in poland, around 1200. in estonia, in latvia, each and latvia each and all. so around $1500.00 and and left you amy.

certainly we have seen it in eastern europe. but also other nations in asia as china has moved into what is considered sovereign territory in a variety of different nations, particularly in terms of fishing rights, but it's also in africa, in latin america, they're getting very aggressive about pushing their interests in an autocratic, undemocratic, nonrules based way. to the extent they get together on that, that's going to be a problem. i will say the notion that russia and china are in complete agreement on everything doesn't bear out. they're competing in some of the parts of the world i mentioned to begin with. they share a very long border, and they have some disputes about what should happen in places in central asia. there are fissures that could be exploited. this is a difference between a rules based international border, the difference between economic political freedom and autocracy, and the world ought to unite to try to push economic and political freedom and individual sovereignty against what russia and china are

troops to eastern europe.er putin publicly accuses the west of ignoring russia's security concerns. >>> plus, weigh sanctions as they navigate the crisis, plus, electoral reform and a confirmation battle. senator chris coons joins us what it means for the party and ahead. >>> and new fbi warnings from director chris wray, as he tells my colleague pete williams he was, quote, blown away by the state of espionage inside the united states. we'll have more of pete's exclusive interview coming up. exclusive interview coming up. >>> welcome to "meet the press daily." i'm chuck todd, the u.s. has put itself on firmer war footing as ukraine and our nato allies brace for this possible russian invasion of ukraine. the pentagon announced it's deploying thousands of troop to eastern europe, repositioning thousands of troops already in the region as well. here's where the new deployments are going, romania, poland, germany. include a mounted cavalry and brigade teams. in total, it adds up to 3,000 soldiers. this is in addi

s. president deploying thousands of american troops, so eastern europe, 2000 soldiers will had to poland and germany, and $1000.00 will be re positioned to romania. the u. s. and nato already have tens of thousands of troops in europe. the pentagon says the mo, sends a strong signal to russia, which continues to deny its planning and to invade ukraine. i want house correspondent, kimberly hawk. it reports after ramping up the possibility for weeks of a rush, an invasion of ukraine. the white house on wednesday, downgraded that threat from president vladimir putin saying an evasion is no longer imminent. i use that once, i think others have used that once, and then we stopped using it because i think it's sent and a message that we weren't intending to send, which was that we knew that president putin had made a decision. still, the united states is sending more troops to eastern europe, with some of the forces will be re position to romania. others will be coming from the united states to poland and germany. it's a response to president putin who has position tens of thousands of troops

well, i believe it's _ troops to eastern europe? well, i believe it's a _ troops to eastern europe? _ troops to eastern europe? well, i believe it's a good signal, - troops to eastern europe? well, i believe it's a good signal, and - troops to eastern europe? well, i believe it's a good signal, and it | believe it's a good signal, and it is telling mr putin that if he continues with this current course, he will likely get exactly what he didn't want. if you read the papers, he didn't want increased foreign presence and increased foreign capability —— and that's what we're doing now. as well as other nato nations, by the way. but general, doesnt nations, by the way. but general, doesn't doing _ nations, by the way. but general, doesn't doing exactly _ nations, by the way. but general, doesn't doing exactly what - nations, by the way. but general, i doesn't doing exactly what president putin doesn't want to risk further escalation in the region, given that moscow has called this deployment destructive, and makes it seem like the time for talking is over? 50 the time for talking is ove

s. decision to send more troops to eastern europe. that comes with turkey's president has to kia, to try to ease tensions over moscow's military, build up with the border with ukraine. the united arab emirates, as it's intercepted 3 drones that entered its air space on wednesday. this comes days after the gulf nation block to missile attack carried out by yemen, spooky rebels. new zealand is announced, the phased reopening of its borders. it's been largely closed for almost 2 years under some of the world's toughest corona virus restrictions. the u. n says more than 4000000 people in parts of ethiopia are facing critical shortages of water. after the last 3 rainy seasons failed, hundreds of thousands of children are already severely malnourished in those areas . malcolm lab reports to nearly 2 years. the rainy seasons have failed in the lowland regions of eastern ethiopia. the un says more than 4000000 people are facing critical water shortages. in recent months, livestock, they depend on to survive, have been dying in their tens of t

and partially from germany to eastern europe. what the pentagon spokes person made clear in his press conferences that they're not sent to fight neither to engage with russian troops at any time. and they're also not deployed to enter ukrainian, sol. i think that's important to keep in mind when we talk about these troop deployments. so that's rather as symbolic move, we're looking at right now given that some 60000 us troops are already station in europe. and also given that about a 100000 russian troops are deployed and build up on the other side of the ukrainian border in western russia and, and belarus. do we know why the deployment is taking place now? has something changed to regarding the security situation? well, the pentagon spokesperson, john kirby said, it's really a response to the russian deployment, and that we're seeing a continuation of that true build up that's been taken place over the last weeks. they are at the russian ukrainian border. the penitent spokesperson said that russia is continuing to add forces to

is adding some 3000 troops to, to their troops there in eastern europe. the ultimate goal, of course, to deter russia from invading ukraine. in oliver, and we learned anything about how long these troops will be stationed in eastern europe. now we have not really, of course, the, the official take is that it's a temporary deployment. us wants to reach and continued to reach an agreement, following their diplomatic efforts. but of course, that implies that putin, the escalades, and he changes course, that he drops his demands and that are that ukraine, or that nature gives guarantees that ukraine will never enter nato. and that is certainly something that nato will never do. so we are looking at something like a stalemate here, it doesn't really look like anything, any improvement of the situation there. russia is continuing to ad troops, and so we are likely going to see more tensions before the situation. d escalades. d. w. 's oliver's out with the latest tonight from washington. oliver, thank you. we have reports coming in tonight that german chance are

president applying thousands of troops to eastern europe. 2000 soldiers will head to poland and germany 1000 will be repositioned to romania. the u.s. and nato already have tens of thousands of troops in europe. the pentagon says the move sends a strong signal to russia which continues to deny it is planning to invade ukraine. our white house correspondent reports. >> after ramping up the possibility for weeks of a russian invasion of ukraine, the white house wednesday downgraded that threat from vladimir putin saying an invasion is no longer imminent. >> i think others have used that and then we stopped using that because it sends an -- a message we weren't intending to send. >> still, the u.s. is sending more troops to eastern europe. some forces will be repositioned to romania. others will be coming from the united states to poland and germany. it is a response to putin who has positioned tens of thousands of troops inside russia near ukraine's border. >> it is important we send a strong signal to mr. putin and the world that nato matters. we have ironclad article five commitments, a

gurule effect and shoot old from as more american troops arrive in poland to re enforce nato in eastern europe. u. s. officials say russia is 70 percent ready to invade ukraine, and why a war new crane could have fatal consequences for struggling families in countries like yemen and lebanon. ah, hello i, mariam noisy in london, you're watching alger 0 also coming up on the program. at least 10 people to report a dead in some 45000 displaced after madagascar is hit by its 2nd cycle. and in 2 weeks, ah, why police as well as protest is, have been out in rotterdam demonstrating as netherlands cove. it measures also her voice was the soundtrack to hundreds of bollywood films. india warns that the iconic singer, lighter mon jessica, is died at the age of $92.00. ah . more us troops arrived in poland to reinforce nato's allies in eastern europe. mid the russian military build up on the border with ukraine. their affairs of a russian invasion, though moscow says it has no such plans. bolan's defense minister says more planes carrying american troops will be landing in the coming hours. you as preside

i think there's more than that, and i think people across eastern europe in ukraine and beyond have known this for a long time. i think it's other parts of europe and the transatlantic space that have been grappling with this reality and didn't want it to be true. we seen our russian military aggression again in the early ninety's against waldo against georgia. we seen it again against georgia, 2008. we've seen it and 2014 and ukraine. and now again, if we're looking back at the so called demand that russia has made to nato and the united states, they included 3 points which share which reveal that there is no doubt about russia's intentions. one is ukraine, non joining nato. the 2nd one is the withdrawal of military capabilities off the united states from eastern european countries, members of nato. and the 3rd one, most importantly, is the reversal of nature, membership to all members of nature, that joint after $997.00. or, you guess at this point, we have confirmed from russia that it's not just the soviet union is, it's more than that, it's central in eastern europe. there must be a

many nato allies have started ascending additional troops to eastern europe, and that is something that there are going to speak about this year. again, nato secretary general stoughton back has made clear that russia's actions will have long term consequences, meaning they will be an enhance need to present in eastern europe, defense ministers today we'll talk about an additional battle group to be place in romania, one that would resemble the 4 battle groups already in place in the baltic states and poland. alexandra, president, putin, is demanding that ukraine not be allowed, never be allowed to join nato. is there any scenario being contemplated right now where you are, where the alliance would be willing to give those assurances and if not, what can they offer instead? so barring ukraine from nato is off the table. definitely, there has been some confusion or a confusion or some irritation if you will, after the german chancellor left shoulds, a sat after his visit to moscow that you know, your queen is not likely to become a natal member anytime soon. but nato secretary general, h

and that's why the secretary general explained that nato would be moving more forces into eastern europe along the eastern flank. we expect to see in the coming weeks a new nato battalion going to romania, led by the french, and possibly deployments of that sort and other eastern european allies as well. and this is also a message to moscow, of course, that if you wanted a kremlin for nato to go further away from earth borders, all of these actions that you've taken have achieved just the opposite. this is your new normal as well. russia, he wants to say nato being tested by russia at the moment. how are they holding up? the alliance feels that it has been very united and again, the kremlin has tried to do to work out cracks between allies. it tries to talk to some of the eastern european allies, for example, and get support and, you know, you'll hear public statements. he, ah ah, ah, constantly been especially elfin who i at the and the mac and all moody comes to us . and i was going to audit one money for none of that good one though, lowered with the leash by elfin, the name camella t

s. census to eastern europe as he is grow, russia could invade ukraine, the kremlin, called the deployment disruptive. ah, for, i'm fully bax. boy, you're watching al jazeera alive from doha also ahead. an armed group attacks at cam for displays, people in democratic republic of congo, killing more than 70 new zealand reopening his borders, easing one of the wells toughest cove 19 restrictions. and they ran their way out of poverty only to lose everything to predatory husbands. the murder of a canyon athletes. i liked the abuse suffered by many runners. ah, the military stand over ukraine is escalating with the u. s. a president deploying thousands of american troops to eastern europe. 2000 soldiers will head to poland and germany and 1000 will be re positioned to romania. the u. s. and nato already have tens of thousands of troops in europe. the pentagon says the move sends a strong signal to russia, which continues to deny its planning to invade ukraine. white house correspondent, kimberly hockey reports. after ramping up the possibility for weeks of a rush, an evasion of ukraine, the wh

terry and brussels could we see nato ascend additional resources to eastern europe. well, layla, every time the u. s. makes a move in, says that it is in support of nato. that of course, boosts nato's deterrent and reassurance effect. and certainly when you send us troops, it has a quality that i think anyone in nato would, would admit, raises the stakes for moscow. quite a bit. so this is in, in defense of, of nato. but yes, i do expect to see other nato allies step up as some have done in recent days. the u. k. has announced a significant new deployments, doubling its forces in estonia, for example, sending new defensive equipment. the netherlands and denmark are sending fighter jets and frigates. and another thing that i expect to be coming down the line later this month is that defense ministers will meet here in brussels in the middle of the month. and i would expect that there you will see of force approved for romania, like the enhanced for forward presence. i units that we have now in the baltic states and poland. this is something romania has asked for for a

still the united states is sending more troops to eastern europe. some of the forces will be reposition to romania, others will be coming from the united states to poland and germany. it's a response to president putin who has position tens of thousands of troops inside russia near ukraine's border. it's important that we send a strong signal to mister putin and frankly, to the world that nato matters to the united states. it made it matters to our allies and we have ironclad. oracle 5 commitments an attack on one as an attack on on all the roughly 3000 troops will bolster the nato presence in europe and are in addition to the 8500 us troops put on stand by last month by u. s. president joe biden. the united states maintains diplomacy is the best path to resolving security disagreements. russia, once assurances, nato will halt expansion into former soviet republics like ukraine. but the west won't provide that guarantee. instead, biden's promised severe consequences if hooton's invades. he has shown no signs of being interested or willing to deescal

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s. descending troops and weapons into eastern europe to counter the threat from russia. also coming up tonight, more us troops are now in romania. the nato member is a key. deterrence in the black sea region will tag along a naval exercise to see what that deterrence looks like. and the inaugural addition of the men to ski big air event at the winter olympics. and beijing sees goal. go to 21 year old beer. rude of norwood. ah. i burned golf. it's good to have you with us. we begin with efforts to revert the crisis over ukraine from escalating into a war prince president emanuel micron is leading the latest diplomatic push. ody talks here in berlin, following meetings and keith and moscow. macros says he has reassurances from russian. president putin, that a de escalation is possible, but ukraine's foreign minister. he is less than impressed, pointing to the 100000 russian troops still on his countries doorstep. a small group of protest as gathered outside b, u. s embassy in kiev. that message was clear. no wall with russia. but despite a week of frenzied diplomacy, so as

now we've got 3000 that we know are going to eastern europe.we know exactly how long they are going to be stationed there? >> the official take is that it is just a temporary deployment. of course we don't know for how long because what the u.s. wants to eventually reach edge agreement -- agreement but that implies that putin de-escalate's and changes course and drops his maximum demands that we've heard and of course russia wants to ban the ukraine from joining nato. so we are very much at a stalemate here right now and it doesn't look like things are getting clearer as we speak, we're looking at the russian troop buildup, so it is rather likely that we are seeing the tensions getting more severe before we see any kind of de-escalation. brent: all over and nick, to both of you gentlemen, thank you. we take the story now to poland and i'm joined by a member of the polish parliament who joins me tonight from warsaw. it's good to have you on the program. let's talk about numbers for a moment. 1000 troops going to poland from the united states. is

versus the alliance is moving more troops into eastern europe. as nato has seen, no sign that russia has called it's forces back from ukraine's border. also coming up deadly deluge flooding and much slice kill dozens and the hills north of rio de janeiro authorities fear of the death toll could climb. and returning to normal, germany's federal and state leaders agree on a plan to lift most coven 19 restrictions by march 20th ah online. thank you so much for joining us. russia is not. we're drawing troops from ukraine's border according to the head of nato, who, as he has the satellite images to prove that russia is actually moving critical military units closer to the area. yes, thornton birch set the nato alliance is now looking towards ways to strengthen its eastern flank warning that the russian threats has become the new normal and yours is that all suttonberg spoke to reporters after a meeting of nato defense ministers affirmed their commitment to members in eastern europe, on this about 24 hours after russian president vladimir putin said s

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i think there's more than that, and i think people across eastern europe in ukraine and beyond have known this for a long time. i think it's other parts of off europe and the trans atlantic space that have been grappling with this reality and didn't want it to be true. we've seen our aggression military aggression again in the early ninety's again, while don't again, storage. yeah, we seen it again against georgia, 2008. we've seen it and 2014 and ukraine and now again, and if we're looking back at the so called demand that russia has made to nato and the united states, they included 3 points. which share which reveal that there is no doubt about russia's intentions. one is ukraine, non joining nato. the 2nd one is the withdrawal of military capabilities off the united states from eastern european countries, members of nato. and the 3rd one, most importantly, is the reversal of nature. membership to all members off nature that joint after in 1997. or, you guess, at this point, we have confirmed from russia that it's, the soviet union is its more than that its central in eastern europe. th

s is reinforcing military bases in eastern europe, senior us defense officials are accusing russia of planning and invasion of ukraine and allegation. moscow has again denied germany's chancellors traveling to washington all have shorts. his trip is seen as a visit to reassure the administration of joe biden. that all. ready nato countries are standing up to russia. germany has ruled out sending weapons to ukraine and has not sent soldiers to eastern europe. the chinese tennis star punctuate has met the head of the international olympic committee amid concerns about her well being. earlier she said a social media post seen as an allegation of sexual assault against the chinese politician was misunderstood. and your report from the united nations is claiming today that north korea you cyber attacks to fund it's nuclear and ballistic missile program. it says peel yang stole $50000000.00 of crypto currency over the last 2 years. a separate studies as much as $400000000.00 may have been netted. north korea conduct with 9 ballistic missile task last month. at least 10 people who died and a

biden�*s announced he's sending a few thousand extra troops to eastern europe in the next few days, sendinglitary equipment, and you in the baltic states are sending limited military equipment to ukraine, and then talking very, very tough about sanctions that will follow any russian military operation. do you think the cocktail, as it stands, is the right one? well, basically, we are in the situation that was created not by us, and some of us are scrambling the old history books and trying to look for the lessons learned from the cold war time or the things that happened after the cold war and looking for the answers, the right answers to the situation. i'm convinced that there are a couple of things that are needed to be done. first of all, we need to send support to ukraine, and not only with words and nice thoughts. it has to be real. it has to be practical. then we need to reinforce the countries that have, as i mentioned, what we call a security deficit, and we're seeing the united states are doing exactly that. currently, the countries that are affected the most, they are reinforced f

lots of talking push more soldiers in eastern europe. u. s. troops have arrived in romania and poland to shore nato defenses. if the kremlin does not pull back its troops from ukraine's doorstep, nato's temporary reinforcements, they could.

s. sending what 2000 troops to eastern europe, nato members. i mean that's, that's just a drop in the bucket is more symbolic than anything else, right? yes. can symbolic raise really an effort to, to, to bolster natal support for you, said these troops will not be involved in any conflict between russia, ukraine, but they are supposed to signal too much of the nato, a serious, serious about protecting its territory and its allies as i said natal, you haven't been no way indicated that they would get involved and hide alongside ukraine, but they have sent weapons. they have described a serious injuries package that would significantly heard russia. it was a review tech on ukraine, but others could almost report for ukraine as it is suffering severe can on the crisis that has been triggered by this specter of war. tomorrow. here in berlin, we're going to have negotiators from the group that's known as the normandy format to france, germany, ukraine, and russia. they're going to meet, they're going to try to salvage the midst to agreement, which

ah, ah, us soldiers arrived in poland to support nato and eastern europe while diplomatic efforts on the way to east tension between russia and ukraine. ah, hello, i'm adrian. this is al jazeera alive from dough, also coming up, funding. it's miss al program with bitcoin. the un says north korea's government stolen tens of millions and digital currency to pay for its recent launches. arising deaf toll a wide spread damage madagascar, eastern coast is hit hard by cytochrome bats alive. and champions of africa, set a goal snatch that 1st ever africa combinations trophy of the beating egypt in a penalty shootout. ah, a push to find a diplomatic solution to the tent situation unfolding along the washer ukraine bought up is gathering pace. german and french officials. adieu to meet ukrainian leaders later on monday in the east of the country. but as diplomatic efforts take shape more us troops have arrived in eastern europe to reinforce nato allies after the russian military build up on ukraine's board up. there were growing western fears of a possible invasion of moscow continues to deny

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is this crisis bringing eastern europe in western europe. just put it in broad terms closer together, or is it making the fault lines even deeper? cost the eastern european countries who are more connected via history and religion and culture and with crane. and they have a strong view on the question, how should we are on the relations with russia? but i think now this is really a time to stand together in the european union was also anita and, and work not only around to company, but we do not to to have and joined us on the conflict. but it's also really a time for country such as hungary to think on one side, they actually are and to really stand together with the european community in order to really prefer to bypass that to go measures that are being done in east doctor police by touch thank you very much for talking with us. thanks a lot. you're watching dw is just a quick reminder. the top story we're following for you. russia has order troops into breakaway provinces and eastern ukraine. president vladimir putin is calling the deploy

troops into eastern europe, but the administration insists they will not be going into ukraine.s comes as new satellite imagery shows russian military deployments that appear to indicate an increased level of readiness. white house correspondent kevin corke has the latest pasta night. >> jill biden will deploy more than 3,000 u.s. troops for germany, poland, and romania after talks between washington and moscow failed to ease tensions between russia and ukraine. some numbers to share, the u.s. is sending 1700 troops from the 82nd airborne to poland, 300 from the 18th airport to germany, and a thousand person strong armored unit is being transferred from germany to romania. if you are wondering exactly why the bible white house is moving american troops anywhere near the unfolding drama in eastern europe, the truth is you are not alone. outrage on capitol hill as questions mount about the white house's decision to position 3,000 american troops in eastern europe amid russian saber rattling along the ukrainian border. in a statement, republican senator mike braun of indiana said h

s. soldiers arriving in poland to support nato in eastern europe. while diplomatic efforts step up to ease the tension between russia and ukraine, we also hear from people on ukraine's border about wanting to maintain dealings with russia and the frosty relations between the neighbors. also in the news financing it's missile program.

is sending additional troops to eastern europe. his fears grow . russia could invade ukraine. moscow calls the deployment destructive reopening their borders. new zealand is set to loosen some of the world's toughest covenant and restrictions. and the son of the late president ferdinand marcos is accused of writing a wave of misinformation. and his bid for the top job in the philippines. ah hello. at least 12 people including 7 children are reported to have been killed in a u. s. lead operation in northwestern syria, an al qaeda affiliated fighter is believed to have been the target in the town of ultimate an inlet province. it was the largest u. s. rate in the province since the 2019 attack that was targeting the ice, a leader i buckled by godaddy. the pentagon said us special forces conducted a successful, large scale counter terrorism mission in the rebel controlled area. and there were no american casualties. people say they heard shelling and gunfire, and homes were damaged. russia as condemning the u. s. decision to send addi

in eastern europe, vladimir putin himself spelling of the reality of russia threat to the international order one army vehicle at a time. ten they treaty allies with western forces, and those deployments must took place sooner rather than later. and other nato allies to join us in defending our eastern allies and likewise americans highlighted supporting ukraine's ability to defend itself must occur know that the speed of bureaucracy of the speed and crunfortunately democrats have spent much focused on onean distraction after another from these pressing challenges months before russia began mass and forces for invasions of ukraine our callings on the armed services committee produced a bipartisan defense authorization bill that would have our commitments and partners in eastern europe as well as asia. and on forces, has been on the cutting edge of competition with china and russia. but instead of moving the legislation forward, the passage of the democratic leader left the and limbo until almost the last minute and in the meantime the senate democrats spent months trying to assemble a m

what is happening in eastern europe, we are likely to see an increase in gas prices. that will be felt at the pump. i will hurt americans pay checks. it will hurt the purchasing power of their paychecks. that is absolutely not a reason to turn around and say, the relief we did just like the covert recession -- covert recession -- covid session. let me give phone numbers. host: we want to invite you to join in on this. wednesday economic roundtable. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000 as viewers are calling, this concern gets talked about everyday when the house or senate is in session. this is senator pat from last thursday talking about how inflation is impacting wages in american buying power. here is a clip from last week. [video clip] a bigger rise to buy in their incomes? >> well, i appreciate the concern very much, senator. we are all very concerned about inflation. i appreciate that that is the purview of the fed in the short-term and it is important that we have a full slate of governors. i would like to point out the chart on the far. >> we

now we've got 3000 that we know are going to eastern europe . do we know exactly how long they're going to be stationed there? the official take, as it is just a temporary, a deployment. of course, we don't know for how long because what the us eventually wants to reach an agreement following the diplomatic effort that we've been seen over the last weeks . but of course, that implies that putin d escalades, that he changes cause that he drops his maximum demands that we furred. and that our, of course, russia wants to ban the ukraine from joining nature, something that nato won't accept. so we are really very much in a stalemate here right now, and it doesn't look like things are getting clearer as we speak of we're looking at that russian troop build up. so it's rather likely that we're seeing of the tensions getting more severe before we see any kind of the escalation. oliver's al report tonight from watching tunic connelly with the latest from keith to both of you gentlemen. thank you. everyone. take the story now to poland. i'm joined now by

the eastern europe. 2000, your soldiers will head to poland and germany, and 1000 will be repositioned to romania. the u. s. and later, already have tens of thousands of troops in europe. the pentagon says the move sends a strong.

troops to eastern europe counter russia.his after moscow refused to withdraw forces near its border with ukraine. brian quinn reports. >> a strong signal of support for nato. the pentagon announced wednesday that 3000 american troops would be deploying to eastern europe in the coming days as russian forces show no sign of withdrawing from their positions encircling ukraine. >> the united states stands with our nato allies. the current situation demands we reinforce the posture. >> troops already in germany will be moved to romania well 2000 soldiers currently stationed in the u.s. will move to poland. that comes on top of the 8500 american soldiers already on heightened alert for potential deployment as part of the nato response force in europe. the pentagon careful to read a rate that u.s. troops will not engage in combat on ukrainian soil nor against russian forces. the move emphasizes russia's demand for the removal of nato forces --espite having amassed more than 100,000 russian troops and heavy weapons along the borders

or i should say, non-nato eastern europe and nato plus western europe. this looks very cold warish and you do not want a standoff -- as many countries have nuclear weapons -- and a spiraling situation. if that does not get you, no, do not care about the situation. host: the president said last week an invasion of ukraine could happen any day now with russia. what do we know? is there more information than that now? is there a timetable we should be looking toward? guest: two things you should be looking at. today, february 20, is the day most analysts were looking at we would get a better sense of putin's intentions. it is when the military exercises and, it is the end of the munich conference, the end of the olympics, so this is about the time we will get a sense of where putin is at. it is mostly the belarus-russia exercises. they promised, at least initially, russian troops would head home. that changed yesterday when it seems they were saying, no, we have to do inspections and only the presidents are the ones that can get them to leave. if they duly

i covered the revolutions in eastern europe. i was there in 1989. it was well understood by most diplomats, that the extension of nato, beyond the borders of a unified germany, which ronald reagan had promised corbett trophy would not do, was the serious provocation. and now we have a nato bass, a missile bass in poland, a 100 miles from the border with russia. cuba 90 miles from the border with florida . and i think for those of us who were in eastern europe at that moment of the independence movements and in czechoslovakia, and he's germany and everywhere else. the tragedy is that every most astute politicians and statesmen understood that a new security arrangement could be created with russia, with rushers participation. but of course raytheon and, and boeing and, you know, all of these major defense contractors were salivating because if the truck, republic and poland and everywhere else, which is what has happened, had to become nato compatible in terms of military equipment. this was a huge profit. i was in warsaw a couple years ago and there

, eastern europe, and american base is around the southern plains of russia. that is the issue which concerns moscow. if you cream was allowed to join nato, you'd be talking about the 2 forces potentially being a few 100 miles from more school. and you don't have to be a story to remember that this is going to weaken real concerns given what happened in the 2nd world. war, so the issue, the fundamental issue is natal expansion and on this nato and the west simply point hardball by saying that are going to contain an open door policy towards you. cree . now, i see, in se doesn't say that it's unlikely you cream will ever be allowed to join the needle. but the appointments, hardball, which seems to me an aggressive policy in relation to the russia. those who support now tell, are going to say, is the defensive alliance. it is not going to attack anybody and they got a fair point there, or is it naive? while the ties of the north atlantic treaty organization know we're a long way when we're talking, you create a ga just also in the frame. remember georgia tax rus

this is really important for eastern europe, and to protect our nato allies.es look to respond. xi jinping in china is looking to respond to this to see whether he should take a stab at occupying taiwan in coming years. we have to get this right. >> you are very good at getting to the next topic, which is what i wanted to ask about: china. i think competition starts today in beijing, and then into codays, he will have the opening ceremonies. i know you have a strong feelings about this. upon mike says it's 66% of americans approve of the diplomatic boycott against china. how do you see this going over the next couple of weeks in china, mark >> it is the hope of the chinese communist party that this will be a weeks long advertisement for effectiveness and competency of their regime. we need to provide context in these games. at the same time as cheering on our athletes, we need to understand this is not normal: having a gross human rights violator hosting these games. it's not normal to have a regime that engages in forced sterilizations, forced abortion to hos